COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Columbus man is charged after allegedly crashing into multiple vehicles in a Target parking lot Thursday and injuring an officer while attempting to flee, according to the Hilliard Division of Police.
Thursday’s incident began at 2:19 p.m. when officers received a call about a suspicious person at the Target on Trueman Boulevard.
Arriving officers found a man, later identified as 28-year-old Trayvone Patterson, at the location. Patterson was wanted for several felony warrants from Delaware County and was reportedly driving a stolen Hyundai that had been repainted.
As officers attempted to arrest him in the store’s parking lot, he ran to the Hyundai, put it in drive and rammed into multiple unmarked police cars and another parked vehicle.
Police said that Patterson continued to ignore their commands, leading an officer to deploy a stun gun through the vehicle door. Patterson was then arrested.
An officer was injured in the crash and was treated at a nearby hospital.
According to police, officers found two loaded handguns in the backpack Patterson was wearing across his shoulder. Police also found multiple bundles of fentanyl, cocaine and stolen merchandise from the store.
Patterson is charged with robbery, weapons under disability, failure to comply with a peace officer, aggravated trafficking in drugs, receiving stolen property, resisting arrest and criminal damaging.
Police identified the passenger who was in the Hyundai during the incident as 30-year-old Monique Larry. She has been charged with possession of a controlled substance after officers reportedly found fentanyl in her possession.